Pause & Play Today: June 15, 2021
UPDATES / ADDITIONS
NEW RELEASES
“Butter,” BTS – July 9
“The Mutt’s Nuts,” Chubby and the Gang – Aug. 27
“Dark Matters,” The Stranglers – Sept. 10
“LIFEFORMS,” Angels & Airwaves – Sept. 24
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REISSUES
“The Capitol Session ’73,” Bob Marley and the Wailers – Sept. 3
VINYL
“Wannabe25,” Spice Girls – July 23
“It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (Music From the Soundtrack),” Vince Guaraldi – Sept. 17
JUST RELEASED (surprise releases + more)
“I Already Like You,” Dessa (six-song EP; See here; Doomtree)
“Enemy Within,” Napoleon (five-song EP; producer: Scott Middleton; guests: Shane Told of Silverstein, Corbin Giroux of Rarity; new single: “Can’t Forget”; See here; Napoleon)
“In the Trough of the Wave,” The Stars of Disaster (Hear here; The Stars of Disaster)
“Live Laugh Loathe,” Muscle Vest (four-song EP; See here; Prank Monkey)
NEW SONGS (click on title to stream)
Big Appetite, Liars
Restless Souls, Angels & Airwaves
June, Rozzi
The Place Where We Belong, ELYAZ
About a Boy, Crystal McGrath
Hide, Diamondtown
Ride (Stay for the Night), Mike Eden
Wand’rin’ Star, Malcolm Burn
Free, Parcels
TOUR DATES (just added)
» Coheed and Cambria / The Used
» King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
» Rod Stewart
» The String Cheese Incident
» The Wood Brothers
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS
Ruby Nash Garnett [Ruby and the Romantics] (87)
Muff Winwood (78)
Noddy Holder [Slade] (75)
Leo Nocentelli [The Meters] (75)
Russell Hitchcock [Air Supply] (72)
Steve Walsh [Kansas] (70)
Terri Gibbs (67)
David Hinds [Steel Pulse] (65)
Brad Gillis (64)
Scott Rockenfield [Queensrÿche] (58)
Tony Ardoin [River Road] (57)
Michael Britt [Lonestar] (55)
Rob Mitchell [Sixpence None the Richer] (55)
Ice Cube (52)
T-Bone Willy [Save Ferris] (49)
Gary Lightbody [Keane] (45)
Dryden Mitchell [Alien Ant Farm] (45)
Billy Martin [Good Charlotte] (40)
Wayne Sermon [Imagine Dragons] (37)
IN REMEMBRANCE
Matt “Guitar” Murphy (1929-2018)
Casey Kasem (1932-2014)
Ella Fitzgerald (1917-1996)
Wes Montgomery (1925-1968)
RELEASED ON JUNE 15 IN … 1979
“Unknown Pleasures,” Joy Division (the English rock band’s debut album, featuring “She’s Lost Control,” “New Dawn Fades” and “Disorder”; producer: Martin Hannett; Factory)
R.I.P.
Juan Nelson (longtime bassist for Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals)
MUSIC HEADLINES
> New Documentary Tells Brian Wilson’s Survival Story | The Associated Press
> Eric Clapton Feels ‘Ostracized’ By Friends Over His Covid Views | Ultimate Classic Rock
> The Story of Harry Nilsson’s Only Live Performance of ‘Without You’ | Pitchfork
> First Trailer For Rick James Documentary, ‘Bitchin’: The Sound and Fury of Rick James,’ Has Been Released | uDiscover Music
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